Using Feedback for Secrecy over Graphs

Shaunak Mishra, Christina Fragouli, Vinod M. Prabhakaran, Suhas N. Diggavi

Abstract: We study the problem of secure message multicasting over graphs in the presence of a passive (node) adversary who tries to eavesdrop in the network. We show that use of feedback, facilitated through the existence of cycles or undirected edges, enables higher rates than possible in directed acyclic graphs of the same mincut. We demonstrate this using code constructions for canonical combination networks (CCNs). We also provide general outer bounds as well as schemes for node adversaries over CCNs.